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Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals to Supply Pickling Tandem Cold Mill to Baotou

06 November 2013 - Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery, Inc. received an order for a second pickling tandem cold mill from Baotou Iron & Steel (Group) Co., Ltd. of Inner Mongolia in the People's Republic of China.

Zink Körner Supplies Efficient and Eco-Friendly Galvanizing Furnace to Wiegel

04 November 2013 - Zink Körner has successfully implemented an order for Wiegel Neuwied Feuerverzinken GmbH & Co KG, covering the supply of a batch-galvanizing furnace for the new Neuwied facilities.

Tata Steel Invests in Gelsenkirchen Production Plant

04 November 2013 - Europe’s second largest steel producer Tata Steel is expanding its production plant in Gelsenkirchen, in the Ruhr region of Germany.

Danieli Corus to Supply Two Sublance-Based BOF Process Control Systems for Chinese Steelmaker

01 November 2013 - Danieli Corus has been awarded an order for the design and supply of two complete sublance systems and a SDM level 2 model for Rizhao Steel Group in China.

SMS Meer Hosts First International Tube and Pipe Symposium

30 October 2013 - Two hundred fifty customers from 23 countries came to the first SMS Meer Tube and Pipe Symposium in Mönchengladbach, Germany, in September.

Gerdau Midlothian Successfully Starts Up Lime/Dololime Sidewall Injection System from MORE

30 October 2013 - Gerdau Midlothian, located in Midlothian, Texas, commissioned the lime and dololime fix injection technology supplied from MORE srl (Italy) on EAF A and EAF B.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Puts Blast Furnace 9 in Duisburg Back into Operation

29 October 2013 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe’s blast furnace 9 in Duisburg-Hamborn has been fired up again and has started a new campaign.

Magnetek Introduces IMPULSE®∙T Variable Frequency Crane Controls

29 October 2013 - Magnetek, Inc., a leading provider of digital power and motion control systems, announced the introduction of their IMPULSE∙T Variable Frequency Crane Controls.

Metinvest to Upgrade Azovstal's Blast Furnace No. 4

29 October 2013 - Metinvest Group will invest over US$ 92 million to upgrade Azovstal’s blast furnace No. 4. The work will increase the furnace’s annual output by 25% to 1.1 million tons of iron.

voestalpine Commences Operations at Visionary Cold Rolling Center in Kematen

28 October 2013 - The voestalpine Group is opening one of the world’s most modern cold rolling centers for the production of high quality strip steel in Kematen an der Ybbs in Lower Austria.

Converter Successfully Revamped by SMS Siemag at ArcelorMittal Gent

28 October 2013 - ArcelorMittal Gent in Belgium successfully commissioned the converter modernized by SMS Siemag according to schedule.

AIST Announces December Publication of The Making, Shaping And Treating Of Steel®, 11th Edition, Flat Products Volume

28 October 2013 - The Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) is proud to announce the upcoming release of The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel®, 11th Edition, Flat Products Volume.

NLMK's Stoilensky Improves System of Handling and Storing Iron Ore Waste

28 October 2013 - Stoilensky, NLMK Group’s iron ore producer, is going ahead with production testing the first stage of its thickening unit at the tailings department as part of the plant’s program aimed at enhancing the efficiency of its existing infrastructure.

Metalloinvest Confirms High Quality of Its Steel Products

28 October 2013 - Ural Steel (part of Metalloinvest) has successfully passed the audit of its steel products for compliance with European standards.

Yenakiieve Steel Installs New Blast Air Turbine-Compressor Unit

25 October 2013 - Metinvest Group’s Yenakiieve Steel installed a new turbine and compressor unit to provide additional blast air to the plant’s blast furnaces last week.

Siemens Modernizes Cooling Section of Hot Rolling Mill No. 2 at Wisco

24 October 2013 - Siemens Metals Technologies has won an order to modernize the cooling section in the hot rolling mill No. 2 of Wuhan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. (Wisco) in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

Tata Steel Launches Long-Length Wear-Resistant Rail for the World Market

24 October 2013 - Tata Steel has launched a new state-of-the-art facility which will produce train track capable of lasting up to three times longer than standard rail.

Metalloinvest Grows Pig Iron Production Capacities

24 October 2013 - Metalloinvest is implementing a program for growing merchant pig iron production at Ural Steel, which includes modernization of the pig iron smelting facilities at the blast furnace plant.

Instron Introduces New Software to Reveal Local Deformation of Specimen and Component Surfaces

24 October 2013 - Instron, a leading provider of testing equipment designed to evaluate mechanical properties of materials and components, has revealed its new digital image correlation (DIC) software.

voestalpine Builds Europe's Most Modern Wire Rolling Mill in Austria

23 October 2013 - By 2016, voestalpine Austria Draht will have completed construction of Europe’s most modern wire rolling mill at its Leoben-Donawitz site in Austria.